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[tyler_marlocke]

Little boy, at a table with his homework, eating a big plate of paradoxes.

Nothing abnormal about this kid.

Except this is a place where everything is pretty gosh darn abnormal.

Let this kid know he needs to work on his ability to blend in.

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[gone_byebye]

"Hey, Tyler," says Ray, whose idea of blending in involves hiding in the library and not coming out until the janitor's gone home. "How's it going?"

[tyler_marlocke]

"Pretty good... the usual weirdness. I had to teach Malphast about Valentine's Day and what it was about." Tyler replies, smiling and setting his homework aside.

For your information it was mostly about sending candy to friends. Tyler emphasized the candy portion for many reasons.

[gone_byebye]

"Malphast," Ray says. "I'm trying to remember. Which one is that again?"

He adjusts the sling that dangles from one shoulder. It's the kind that carries a load, not the kind that holds an arm or anything.

[tyler_marlocke]

"He's the kid whose mom and dad are a demon general and an angel of order, respectively. And he's the kid who accidentally summoned a tentacle monster in the locker-vator when he listened to a Weird Al cd."

[notahugfan]

Ned's never really tried to blend in so much as succeeded accidentally, in his perennial grey slacks and shirt.

He's acquiring something that resembles a milkshake when he sees Tyler, and he starts to head towards the boy before stopping himself.

[tyler_marlocke]

Tyler would blend in, if this were anyplace but the perenienniel sort of weirdness that makes no sense that is Milliways.

Eventually, however, the boy does have to look up. Only so long you can stare into your social studies homework before you start to wonder if all grownups are crazy.

...Huh. Grown up lookin at him, felicitous greeting time!

"Hi!"

[notahugfan]

"Hi."

He's...he's exactly the same.

"You're Tyler, right?"

[tyler_marlocke]

Yes...Yes he is. (Although if Ned ever got his hands on a good piece of philiotic signature reading hardware, he'd be seeing a whole different picture, but that's neither here nor there)

"...yeh, I am." The grown-up knows his name..and..something familiar. Just give him a chance to place it. "...this is gonna sound weird ...but have we met before?"

[justiceoverlaw]

Hey, this is convenient!

"Tyler!" calls his approaching mentor. "Well, that saves me travel or postage."

How often does one see a dark and spooky vigilante carrying a white plastic bag from the local SupR-SavR?

[tyler_marlocke]

...

Not that often. Hence the kid staring at his after-school tutor.

...srsly. WHUT.

[justiceoverlaw]

"I know your parents haven't gotten you any of these yet, so I thought I'd pick you up some as long as I was out. Thought I'd have to send them to you, though."

He pulls out of the bag a flat, brightly-coloured cardboard package of Officially Licensed valentine cards, all inscribed with terrible puns and none expressing any particular affection, perfect for classroom distribution.

[tyler_marlocke]

...The superhero vigilante just brought Tyler valentines for his class project.

...Tyler has a new weirdest thing to happen in Milliways.

"Thanks... ...why are my parents on the box?"